The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
anaphoric
anaphoric
adj
Of, or relating to, an anaphora.
anteporch
anthocarp
anthocarp
noun
(botany) A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as in the sorosis of a pineapple or the syconus of a fig.
(botany) A composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth.
(botany) A fruit formed by the union of the floral organs or part of them, with the fruit itself, as in Nyctagineae; also applied to fruits with accessories, sometimes termed pseudocarps, as the strawberry and pineapple.
(botany) A fruit resulting from many flowers, such as the pineapple; a fruit of which the perianth or the torus forms part.
(botany) In the Nyctaginaceae, individual apetalous flowers have a tubular, petaloid calyx that resembles a sympetalous corolla. The lower portion of the calyx tightly enwraps the one-seeded achene and is persistent around the fruit as an anthocarp. The calyx base plus the enclosed seed-bearing achene is the unit of dispersal.
(botany) Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
apocrypha
apocrypha
noun
Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority (formerly also used attributively).
appeacher
appeacher
Noun
An accuser.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archicarp
archicarp
noun
The female reproductive structure of an ascomycete.
archpiece
arcograph
arcograph
noun
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point.
ascophore
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
bishopric
bishopric
noun
A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
The office or function of a bishop.
bothropic
bothropic
adj
(pharmacology) Of or relating to the genus Bothrops of venomous pit vipers endemic to Central and South America.
calthrops
calthrops
noun
plural of calthrop
camphires
camphires
noun
plural of camphire
camphoric
camphoric
adj
Containing, or derived from camphor
camphoryl
camphoryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any univalent radical derived from camphor
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
caphaurus
caphtorim
carapache
carapacho
cardsharp
cardsharp
noun
(card games) A professional cheater at card games.
carpathia
carpincho
carpincho
noun
Alternative form of carpinchoe
carpolith
carpolith
noun
Synonym of carpolite
carpophyl
cataphora
cataphora
noun
(linguistics, rhetoric) The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.
catharpin
catharpin
noun
(nautical) A short rope, or iron cramp, used to stop the shrouds interfering with the yards.
cecograph
cerograph
cerograph
noun
A writing on wax.
champerty
champerty
noun
(law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.
chapacura
chaparral
chaparral
noun
(US) A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.
chaparraz
chaperone
chaperone
noun
(UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
(biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
verb
(UK, business) To work as a chaperone.
To act as a chaperone.
chaperons
chaperons
noun
plural of chaperon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaperon
chapiters
chapiters
noun
plural of chapiter
chapitral
chaplanry
chaprassi
chaprassi
noun
Alternative form of chaprasi
chapteral
chaptered
chaptered
adj
Having chapters of a specified number or kind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chapter
cheapener
cheapener
noun
One who cheapens.
checkrope
cheiropod
chipboard
chipboard
noun
(Australia, UK) A building material made from wood chips compressed and bound with synthetic resin.
chippered
chippered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chipper
chipproof
chirapsia
chirapsia
noun
massage as a form of therapy
chiropody
chiropody
noun
(medicine) The branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the feet (and formerly the hands)
chiropter
chiropter
noun
A member of the order Chiroptera, a bat
chirotype
chirpiest
chirpiest
adj
superlative form of chirpy: most chirpy
chirpling
chirruped
chirruped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chirrup
chirruper
chirruper
noun
One who chirrups.
chloropal
chloropal
noun
(mineralogy) A massive mineral, greenish in colour and opal-like in appearance, essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.
chloropia
choephori
choppered
choppered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chopper
christoph
chrysopal
chrysopal
noun
Synonym of chrysoberyl
chrysopee
chrysopid
chrysopid
noun
(zoology) Any species of the green lacewing family Chrysopidae.
chuprassi
chuprassy
cipherdom
cipherdom
noun
The condition of being a cipher / nonentity
ciphering
ciphering
noun
(archaic) A calculation or computation.
(music) A cipher (fault in an organ valve which causes a pipe to sound continuously without the key having been pressed).
verb
present participle of cipher
cirrhopod
cirrhopod
noun
Archaic form of cirriped.
claviharp
claviharp
noun
(music) A 19th-century musical instrument combining a harp with a keyboard.
clerkship
clerkship
noun
(law) A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years.
(medicine) Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school.
The state or business of a clerk.
copperahs
copperahs
noun
plural of copperah
copperish
copperish
adj
Like copper; coppery.
coprolith
coprolith
noun
(rare) coprolite
fecaloma
copygraph
copygraph
noun
(dated) An early means of producing multiple copies of a document by means of pressing it against a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin and making further copies from the resulting reversed image.
copyright
copyright
noun
(countable) Such an exclusive right as it pertains to one or more specific works.
(uncountable) The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
(uncountable, informal, nonstandard) A violation of copyright law; copyright infringement.
verb
(transitive or intransitive) To obtain or secure a copyright for some literary or other artistic work.
coryphaea
coryphaei
coryphaei
noun
plural of coryphaeus
coryphees
coryphees
noun
plural of coryphee
coryphene
coryphene
noun
(zoology) A fish of the genus Coryphaena.
cosphered
courtship
courtship
noun
(by extension) The behaviour exhibited by an animal to attract a mate.
(countable, uncountable, obsolete) Elegance or propriety of manners fitting for a court; courtliness; (by extension) courteous or polite behaviour; courtesy.
(figuratively) The act of trying to solicit a favour or support from someone.
(obsolete) The ceremonial performance of acts of courtesy to a dignitary, etc.
(uncountable, obsolete) The pursuit of being a courtier, such as exercising diplomacy, finesse, etc.; also, the artifices and intrigues of a court; courtcraft.
The act of wooing a person to enter into a romantic relationship or marriage; hence, the period during which a couple fall in love before their marriage.
crackhemp
crampfish
crampfish
noun
A coffin ray (Hypnos monopterygius)
Atlantic torpedo (Torpedo nobiliana)
common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo)
crapefish
crapefish
noun
Salted codfish hardened by pressure.
creephole
creephole
noun
(figurative) A subterfuge; an excuse.
A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.
creophagy
creophagy
noun
Alternative spelling of kreophagy
criophore
criophore
noun
A statue or other representation of a person carrying a ram.
cristophe
crosspath
crotaphic
cryopathy
cryopathy
noun
(pathology) Any morbid condition caused by coldness
cryophile
cryophile
noun
(ecology) an organism that thrives at low temperatures
cryophyte
cryophyte
noun
(botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
(botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground
cryptarch
cupholder
cupholder
noun
A holder for a cup containing a drink, usually in a vehicle.
cymagraph
cymagraph
noun
An instrument for tracing the outlines of moldings.
cymograph
cymograph
noun
An instrument for obtaining drawings from the mouldings of Gothic architecture.
cyphering
cyphering
noun
Skill in arithmetic.
verb
present participle of cypher
deciphers
deciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decipher
digraphic
digraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to a digraph.
dimorphic
dimorphic
adj
exhibiting dimorphism
occurring or existing in two different forms
dropcloth
dropcloth
noun
A large piece of plastic or canvas put over something to protect it from construction debris or paint.
dysphoric
dysphoric
adj
Causing dysphoria
Pertaining to dysphoria, or of being in a state of dysphoria.
noun
Such a person
echograph
echograph
noun
An instrument that uses ultrasound to produce an echogram as a diagnostic aid.
ecosphere
ecosphere
noun
The portion of the atmosphere from sea-level to about 4000 meters in which it is possible to breathe without technological assistance.
the biosphere
ecphoriae
ecphorias
ecphorias
noun
plural of ecphoria
ecphorize
ecphrasis
ecphrasis
noun
Alternative spelling of ekphrasis
ecstrophy
ectomorph
ectomorph
noun
(bodybuilding): Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily.
Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body
enciphers
enciphers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of encipher
engraphic
engraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an engram
eparchate
eparchate
noun
An eparchy, or diocese of a bishop.
eparchean
eparchial
eparchial
adj
Of or pertaining to an eparchy.
eparchies
eparchies
noun
plural of eparchy
ephemeric
ephemeric
adj
ephemeral
ephraitic
epichoric
epichoric
adj
Of or pertaining to a specific location; local (especially with reference to forms of the Ancient Greek alphabet).
epicurish
epicurish
adj
epicurean
epihydric
esophoric
esophoric
adj
Afflicted with or pertaining to esophoria.
noun
A person who has esophoria.
eucryphia
eucryphia
noun
Any tree of the genus Eucryphia
eumorphic
eumorphic
adj
In which the original (normal) shape is preserved
eutrophic
eutrophic
adj
(biology, of a body of water) Being rich in nutrients and minerals and therefore having an excessive growth of algae and thus a diminished oxygen content to the detriment of other organisms.
(medicine) Promoting nutrition.
noun
(medicine) A eutrophic medicine.
exophoric
exophoric
adj
(linguistics) Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
Relating to, or afflicted with, exophoria.
noun
A person who has exophoria.
foreporch
graphemic
graphemic
adj
Being or that is a grapheme; being or that is an irreducibly meaningful unit of written language.
Of or pertaining to graphemes or their study.
graphical
graphical
adj
(computing) Of, related to, or using graphics.
Of, related to, or shown on a graph.
Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines.
graphicly
graphicly
adv
Archaic form of graphically.
graphitic
graphitic
adj
Of, relating to, resembling, or having the structure of graphite.
grecophil
hairpiece
hairpiece
noun
A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.
harpalyce
harpsical
haruspice
haruspicy
haruspicy
noun
The study and divination by use of animal entrails, usually the victims of sacrifice.
heptarchs
heptarchs
noun
plural of heptarch
heptarchy
heptarchy
noun
A government of seven people.
A group of seven states, especially (historical) those in Anglo-Saxon Britain.